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Kansas –Nebraska Act By: Kandiece Smith

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Kansas –Nebraska Act. By: Kandiece Smith. This act was during 1854. This created territories of Kansas and Nebraska .This opened new lands for settlement and had the effect of repealing the Missouri Compromise. The Missouri Compromise was passed in 1820 between pro-slavery factors. . - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Kansas –Nebraska ActBy: Kandiece Smith

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This act was during 1854

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This created territories of Kansas and Nebraska .This opened new lands for settlement and had the effect of repealing the Missouri Compromise.

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The Missouri Compromise was passed in 1820 between pro-slavery factors.

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The main purpose of Kansas-Nebraska Act was to open up thousands of farms and make a Midwestern Transcontinental Railroad.

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Artist depiction of Union Pacific crews building grade and track through Nebraska.

and also the Pawnee Indians guarding the construction crews

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